This topic provides information on waste generation and management. Particular areas of interest are waste arising from households, business and construction and demolition. A range of data sources are used to collect data on these themes, including administrative sources and surveys

For an overview of the latest government data on waste for the UK and England, see Defra’s Waste Data Overview (June 2011)

Government policy on waste and recycling

National Statistics

Local authority collected waste (definition of term) management statistics:

Annual figures

Quarterly releases

Official Statistics

• Flytipping in England – annual statistics - 18th December 2012
• 16/12/10 – Survey of Commercial and Industrial Waste Arisings -  (Final Results)

Key facts

UK waste data

Commercial and industrial waste generation and management, England

Construction and demolition waste, England

Local authority collected waste generation

Composition of local authority collected waste – England

Local authority collected waste management, UK

Recycling and recovery from packaging

Municipal waste management in the European Union

Household waste and recycling, UK

Household waste: green and dry recycling rates – England

Household waste recycling, by material -  England

Additional datasets

• Abandoned Vehicles by local authority

Further resources

Data.Gov

WasteDataFlow

Environment Agency

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